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pentagon officials continued to withhold his name today pending charges. but they said he served three tours in iraq where he suffered a traumatic brain injury at one point. defense secretary leon panetta, traveling abroad, said the soldier could be subject to the death penalty. he also argued that sunday's attack must not undermine the u.s. mission in afghanistan. >> war is hell. these kinds of events and incidents are going to take place in any war. they're terrible events and this is not the first of those events and it probably won't be the last. >> reporter: the taliban demanded today that the soldier be tried as a war criminal and then executed by the victim's relatives. for more on this story and specifically on what is known about the man who allegedly went on this rampage in afghanistan, we turn to craig whitlock, a reporter with the "washington post." craig, thank you for being with us. military officials as we heard are now saying they have probable cause to hold the suspect. abc news was reporting late today of that he had confessed. why aren't
pentagon officials continued to withhold his name today pending charges. but they said he served three tours in iraq where he suffered a traumatic brain injury at one point. defense secretary leon panetta, traveling abroad, said the soldier could be subject to the death penalty. he also argued that sunday's attack must not undermine the u.s. mission in afghanistan. >> war is hell. these kinds of events and incidents are going to take place in any war. they're terrible events and this is...
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for more, we turn to mark thompson, "time" magazine's pentagon reporter. mark, start with the latest incidents, do we know anything more of the motive or who the person was. >> we know what may have been a new recruit but he was either 60 or 70 years old. he was a farmer. this was the local police force. not the national police force. he had been recruited only two weeks ago and signed up with other fellow villages to maintain a local presence in that far western part of the country when the american troops leave. he got his gun. he did his target practice. and he turned and killed two american special forces. >> so the obvious question that and to many of these, to what extent who is carrying out these so-called insider attacks. to what extent is it infiltration of the taliban or oth things. >> when you talk to folks at the pentagon they think it's 50/50. roughly 50% of these folks are infiltraters. they came in with that as their goal. sort of a human ied to explode down the road when the opportunity presented itself. but a lot of them, you know, are jus
for more, we turn to mark thompson, "time" magazine's pentagon reporter. mark, start with the latest incidents, do we know anything more of the motive or who the person was. >> we know what may have been a new recruit but he was either 60 or 70 years old. he was a farmer. this was the local police force. not the national police force. he had been recruited only two weeks ago and signed up with other fellow villages to maintain a local presence in that far western part of the...
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this time the pentagon gave a full military honors ceremony, firing off 19 gun salute, having the fife and drum corps come out and secretary panetta was chatting in a friendly manner in english with vice president she. so this is all the beginning of trying to influence china to go in another direction. >> not only respect for mr. she but also respect for a rapidly changing china and also the people in china. i think that's appropriate. but the talk about she, i think that he has a more important audience at home because he has a dilemma. if he perceived as like the unnecessary confrontation or not like a statesman or global leader, that will hurt him. but if he is perceived as a person very soft toward the united states or too accommodating to the united states or even sacrifice sacrifice interest, that will be a disaster. he needs to have a balance. >> ifill: walk that line. we're going to have to leave it there. >> there was no bows today. neither one bowed to the other. that's probably a good thing. >> ifill: thank you both very much. >> brown: who makes our gadgets? and under what
this time the pentagon gave a full military honors ceremony, firing off 19 gun salute, having the fife and drum corps come out and secretary panetta was chatting in a friendly manner in english with vice president she. so this is all the beginning of trying to influence china to go in another direction. >> not only respect for mr. she but also respect for a rapidly changing china and also the people in china. i think that's appropriate. but the talk about she, i think that he has a more...
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but at the pentagon, the president said that 11 years later the country is safer. americans are more resilient and the wars that followed 9/11 are receding. >> today the war in iraq is over. in afghanistan, we're training afghan security forces and forging a partnership with the afghan people. by the end of 2014, the longest war in our history, will be over. >> ifill: republican mitt romney addressed the national guard association's annual convention in reno, nevada. >> with less than two to go before election day, i would normally speak to a gathering like this about the differences between my and my opponent's plans for military and for our national security. there is a time and place for that. but this day is not that. it is instead a day to express gratitude for the men and women who fought and who are still fighting to protect us and our country. >> ifill: in kabul today, u.s. and other troops observed the day with ceremonies. and the leader of al qaeda was heard from as well. he issued a web video confirming that the group's second in command was killed last
but at the pentagon, the president said that 11 years later the country is safer. americans are more resilient and the wars that followed 9/11 are receding. >> today the war in iraq is over. in afghanistan, we're training afghan security forces and forging a partnership with the afghan people. by the end of 2014, the longest war in our history, will be over. >> ifill: republican mitt romney addressed the national guard association's annual convention in reno, nevada. >> with...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the pentagon today outlined almost half a trillion dollars in budget cuts that would shrink the size of the u.s. military by eliminating ground forces, retiring ships and planes and delaying some new weapons. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight: deputy secretary of defense ashton carter walks us through the plan to reshape the military while trimming costs. >> brown: then, we turn to florida, where judy woodruff has an update on the g.o.p. presidential primary contest. >> warner: kwame holman reports on a key component of president obama's re-election strategy highlighting the political gridlock in washington. >> president obama says this 112th congress-- as divided and partisan as it is-- should work with him on behalf of the american people. >> brown: ray suarez looks at today's jobs problem and the future role of manufacturing. >> warner: and, we have a conversation with veteran reporter tom edsall about the political landscape in a time of scarce resources. >> t
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the pentagon today outlined almost half a trillion dollars in budget cuts that would shrink the size of the u.s. military by eliminating ground forces, retiring ships and planes and delaying some new weapons. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight: deputy secretary of defense ashton carter walks us through the plan to reshape the military while trimming...
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in washington, pentagon leaders counseled caution over intervening militarily in syria. defense secretary leon panetta appeared at a senate hearing, and was challenged by republican john mccain of arizona. mccain has called for u.s. air strikes against the syrian military, and he pressed panetta on the issue. >> can you tell us how long... how much longer the killing would have to continue, how many additional civilian lives would have to be lost in order to convince you that the military measures of this kind that we are proposing necessary to end the killing and force to leave power, how many more have to die? 10,000 more? 20,000 more? >> before i recommend that we put our sons and daughters in uniform in harm's way, i've got to make very sure that we know what the mission is. i've got to... i've got to make very sure that we know whether we can achieve that mission, at what price and whether or not it'll make matters better or worse. >> sreenivasan: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff army general martin dempsey said the u.s. military would be ready, if the pres
in washington, pentagon leaders counseled caution over intervening militarily in syria. defense secretary leon panetta appeared at a senate hearing, and was challenged by republican john mccain of arizona. mccain has called for u.s. air strikes against the syrian military, and he pressed panetta on the issue. >> can you tell us how long... how much longer the killing would have to continue, how many additional civilian lives would have to be lost in order to convince you that the military...
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. >> ifill: jacque simon, if i'm an employee of the pentagon or some place which there are tens of thousands of employees, is there any possibility that any deal that that come up with is going to disproportionately affect a department like that or does that happen across the board? >> well, everything as it is right now is determined by the -- a law that was passed in 2011, the budget control act. that's what set in motion this trigger for sequestration. in that law, roughly half was supposed to go to the department of defense and half in nondefense agencies. but given that, they will be -- that's one of the things that there's uncertainty among federal employees also, because we don't know yet how much discretion agencies will have and how they implement their cuts. and, again, a lot of focus is on sequestration, those automatic cuts. but that law also put in place spending caps that will affect cuts that are even larger than the sequestration cuts. so cuts are definitely coming. that's not even a question. >> ifill: it's not debatable. >> it's just how large they will be and who will be i
. >> ifill: jacque simon, if i'm an employee of the pentagon or some place which there are tens of thousands of employees, is there any possibility that any deal that that come up with is going to disproportionately affect a department like that or does that happen across the board? >> well, everything as it is right now is determined by the -- a law that was passed in 2011, the budget control act. that's what set in motion this trigger for sequestration. in that law, roughly half...
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people i talk with at the pentagon and elsewhere say we don't even have any pictures yet of what this place looked like. they're calling it an encomp some that would lead you to believe maybe some tent there is, probably not any buildings. but... so we don't know how much preparation time they did have before they went in. what we're told is that in the past week or so the situation became dire because of her medical condition. they knew they had to go in and get her. >> brown: do we know if they had any help on the ground or what the situation is on the ground where our guys coming in have any assets on the ground? >> we're not sure about that. but in cases like this in the past with the about raid against osama bin laden they would have spotters on the ground watching the compound. we're not sure if that objected in this case. >> brown: there are other people still being held, right? >> yes, we have over 150 seamen who are being held by pirates along the coast for ransom. we also have a number of kidnapping victims. there was another american out there, michael scott moore, a journa
people i talk with at the pentagon and elsewhere say we don't even have any pictures yet of what this place looked like. they're calling it an encomp some that would lead you to believe maybe some tent there is, probably not any buildings. but... so we don't know how much preparation time they did have before they went in. what we're told is that in the past week or so the situation became dire because of her medical condition. they knew they had to go in and get her. >> brown: do we know...
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what the pentagon does is budget this advance. on january 2, nothing actuallyne changes. the pentagon and its contractors are working based on last year's contracts, obligated funds, and this surrounds the whole controversy of when contractors would be forced to cut workers, issue lay-off notices because on january 2, nothing actually kicks-o in. then begins the process of figuring out how these cuts, again, spread out over ten years cuts from projected budge hes not actual budge hes, cpothetical budgets even would then be implemented through the program. >> ifill: mitt romney has been saying on the campaign trail with presumably is what the president referred to last night, this guy is going to cut the navy. he's going to make t us weak wia these cuts that he has endorsed. >> right. there's two things that mitt romney said which i think don't have a a lot of analytical basis. he said $1 trillion in cuts. wees conflating the sequestration cuts with savings over ten years that the obama administration put into last year's budget. those were savings based on projected budge
what the pentagon does is budget this advance. on january 2, nothing actuallyne changes. the pentagon and its contractors are working based on last year's contracts, obligated funds, and this surrounds the whole controversy of when contractors would be forced to cut workers, issue lay-off notices because on january 2, nothing actually kicks-o in. then begins the process of figuring out how these cuts, again, spread out over ten years cuts from projected budge hes not actual budge hes,...
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the 9/11 remains came from the hijacked airliner that struck the pentagon, and another that crashed in pennsylvania. the justice department has charged a texas doctor and six others with bilking medicaid and medicare out of $375 million. indictments unsealed today said they allegedly submitted thousands of false claims for home health services in some cases, for homeless people. health care fraud costs the federal government at least $60 billion a year. the government of japan downplayed the disaster at the fukushima nuclear plant after the earthquake and tsunami last march. an independent report released today said officials withheld the risks of reactor meltdowns at the plant. at the same time, it said, they were secretly discussing mass evacuations, reaching as far away as tokyo. the u.s. senates losg republican veteran olympia snowe of maine. she confirmed today she will not seek reelection to a fourth term. snowe was a well-known moderate who supported health care reform, among other issues. in a statement, she said she's tired of what she called "my- way-or-the-highway ideologies
the 9/11 remains came from the hijacked airliner that struck the pentagon, and another that crashed in pennsylvania. the justice department has charged a texas doctor and six others with bilking medicaid and medicare out of $375 million. indictments unsealed today said they allegedly submitted thousands of false claims for home health services in some cases, for homeless people. health care fraud costs the federal government at least $60 billion a year. the government of japan downplayed the...
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fat deficits, fatter debt back at the pentagon we asked wes wessle what would he do? >> it's the role of the journalist to say you have to think about defense spending, you have to think about taxes and health care costs and these are the fundamental building blocks from which you can make choices. i'm afraid if i list out my choices, the people don't who don't like them wo't listen to my facts andte i'm trying to avd that. >> reporter: we are trying to avoid that, too. >> brown: on paul's "making nse" page, there's more from his wasnsngton, d.c. budg d tour, including david wessel, explaining how the history of u.s. debt woes mirrors what's happening in europe today. >> woodruff: and that brings us to europe's debt crisis. that is one of the little- mentioned topics in this year's campaign and the subject of tonight's segment on "missing issues." throughout the campaign, president obama and mitt romney have debated extensively on the direction of the u.s. economy. >> 43 months with unemployment above 8%, 23 million americans struggling to find a good job right now. >
fat deficits, fatter debt back at the pentagon we asked wes wessle what would he do? >> it's the role of the journalist to say you have to think about defense spending, you have to think about taxes and health care costs and these are the fundamental building blocks from which you can make choices. i'm afraid if i list out my choices, the people don't who don't like them wo't listen to my facts andte i'm trying to avd that. >> reporter: we are trying to avoid that, too. >>...
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pakistan that are supporting insurgent groups there was a sunny annual report that came out of the pentagon. one of the things they said is there were long-term and acute challenges from neighboring pakistan. and widespread corruption in the afghan government. does this do anything to address that or do we just tiptoe around those issues? >> this agreement again highlights the importance and the urgency of the afghan partners to actually deal with those issues especially corruption. the biggest problem longer term will be pakistan. this is a major challenge we've not been able... you know, the bush administration and the obama administration has had significant challenges in getting compliance from the government in pakistan. i think we're still working those issues. that's the biggest strategic challenge right now. >> ifill: is this in the end, the visit, the agreement, everything, is it more substantive or symbolic? >> well, i think it is mostly symbolic. again, i would say it is useful to let afghans and neighbors know that the united states will be committed to some degree over the long
pakistan that are supporting insurgent groups there was a sunny annual report that came out of the pentagon. one of the things they said is there were long-term and acute challenges from neighboring pakistan. and widespread corruption in the afghan government. does this do anything to address that or do we just tiptoe around those issues? >> this agreement again highlights the importance and the urgency of the afghan partners to actually deal with those issues especially corruption. the...
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. >> sreenivasan: at the pentagon, officials said there is no plan to block russian weapons shipments to syria because there is no arms embargo in place. in afghanistan, president hamid karzai declared there will be no more nato air strikes on any afghan homes. he said he had reached that agreement with coalition forces. it followed last week's nato air strike that killed 18 civilians celebrating a wedding. the victims included women and children. in kabul, karzai said that kind of attack would never be tolerated in the u.s. >> even when they're under attack, they cannot use an airplane to bomb afghan homes. even when they are under attack. and i had an argument wh him. i said do you do this in the united states? there's police action everyday in the united states and various... they don't call on an airplane to bomb the place. >> sreenivasan: nato officials had a different interpretation of what was agreed to. general john allen, commanding all u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan, said the coalition agreed to limit air strikes on civilian dwellings. but he also added a caveat. >> it
. >> sreenivasan: at the pentagon, officials said there is no plan to block russian weapons shipments to syria because there is no arms embargo in place. in afghanistan, president hamid karzai declared there will be no more nato air strikes on any afghan homes. he said he had reached that agreement with coalition forces. it followed last week's nato air strike that killed 18 civilians celebrating a wedding. the victims included women and children. in kabul, karzai said that kind of attack...